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troubles him is that the King hath writ a letter into Scotland upon the desire of my Lord Lauderdale to let them know that he is well satisfied with all that hath been done there, and he intends to issue a proclamation to the same effect. Afterwards I went to see my Lord Halifax; he told me he had seen Sir W. Temple, and that it was resolved no presents should be taken. I came on board the yacht, and, by the way, about the time we set sail, I saw the Duchess, a fine second-rate ship. With a fair wind, about three or four o'clock, we came to the North Foreland.
THE EARL OF ESSEX[1] TO CHARLES II.
London, July 21, 1679.
Since my coming to town I have heard of many discourses here, concerning the new company of
- ↑ Arthur Lord Capel, the first Earl of Essex, was the son of the Lord Capel who lost his life in the service of Charles I.: he was created Earl of Essex in 1661. In 1670, he was sent Ambassador to Denmark, and two years afterwards he was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and at the present time he was the first Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. "As for my lord," says his great friend Evelyn, "he is a sober, wise, judicious, and pondering person, not illiterate beyond the rate of most noblemen in this age, very well versed in English history and affairs, industrious, frugal, methodical, and every way accomplished. * * * My lord was not long since
